 | Martin Luther - Sermons - 1829 - 418 pages
...of the earth are full of the habita» tions of cruelty." Moses likewise saith, Deut. xxxii. 9. " For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance." We see therefore that God chose for himself a particular people : namely, the stock of Abraham ; setting... | |
 | Richard Graves - 1829 - 528 pages
...of Adam, he set the bounds of the " people according to the number of the Children of Israel. For " the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inhe" ritance. He found him in a desart land, and in the waste " Nor, 2dly, in the world at large promiscuously;... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1830 - 574 pages
...sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. For the Lord's portion is his people, Jacob is the lot of his inheritance." And by the way I would observe, that in the following words are also references to other historical... | |
 | Morning watch - 1830 - 814 pages
...of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel ; " for the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance " (Deut. xxxii. 8). Abraham had the promise of this land, but not in right of himself; in right of... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1830 - 574 pages
...sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. For the Lord's portion is his people, Jacob is the lot of his inheritance." And by the way 1 would observe, that in the following words are also references to other historical... | |
 | Jean Calvin - 1830 - 210 pages
...places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty." Moses likewise saith, Deut. xxxii. 9. " For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance." We see therefore that God chose for himself a particular people : namely, the stock of Abraham ; setting... | |
 | Religion - 1853 - 1142 pages
...establishing the people of Israel in the land of Canaan ; and he assigns this as the reason : "For the Lord's portion is his people, Jacob is the lot of his inheritance" — a form of expression truly remarkable. That God should be the portion of His people is not wonderful,... | |
 | Edward Irving - Bible - 1831 - 470 pages
...sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel; for the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance" (Deut. xxxii. 8, 9). And so the new testament, which is presented to us in the Supper of the Lord is... | |
 | Robert Vaughan - Christian life - 1832 - 450 pages
...be said of the prosperous generally; and too often, in no small measure, of prosperous Christians. The Lord's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. So the Lord alone did lead him. He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 684 pages
...to the praise and glory of his grace.] CCXXXII. GOD'S REGARD FOR HIS PEOPLE. Deut. xxxii. 9 — 12. The Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed... | |
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Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. 
